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04:59 PM ET - Stocks took a breather Tuesday after hitting record or multiyear highs in the prior session. After the close, Smith & Wesson (SWHC) and Veeva Systems (VEEV) were active after releasing their quarterly results. Gun maker Smith & Wesson posted earnings of 20 cents a share on sales of $130.6 million. Both figures were down from year-ago levels, but were above views of 11 cents on revenue of $123.32 million. Shares rallied 4% in extended trading. But ... More »

03/02/2015 07:20 PM ET - Stocks rebounded Monday to continue an upward trend. The Nasdaq was the highlight of the session as it delivered a one-two punch. The Nasdaq ended the day with a 0.9% gain. It climbed back above the 5000 level for the first time in nearly 15 years and came within 2.5% of its March 10, 2000, record ... Subscribe to read article »

03/02/2015 06:44 PM ET - ETF giant State Street Global Advisors teamed up with DoubleLine Capital, the firm of famed bond investor Jeffrey Gundlach, to launch SPDR DoubleLine Total Return Tactical ETF (TOTL) last week. The actively managed ETF is DoubleLine's first foray into the ETF space. One of the most respected bond ... More »

03/02/2015 04:44 PM ET - Right now, the Stock Spotlight screen is heavy with stocks too extended to buy or too late-stage to provide a fresh buying opportunity. In a way, that's good. Individual investors who bought earlier breakouts are sitting on gains. As long as a stock isn't threatening to cycle back into a loss or ... More »

03/02/2015 06:44 PM ET - The Big Cap 20 is showing itself to be a good representation of today's market leadership, as technology, health care and consumer stocks dominate the list. A glance of the IBD Smart NYSE + Nasdaq Tables shows chips, medical, apparel, retail and other technology sectors make up most of the top 10 ... More »

03/02/2015 07:06 PM ET - A stock prospector would have had little trouble finding good watch list candidates among stocks hitting new highs Monday, a day of strong market gains and the Nasdaq flirting with new highs for the first time since 2000. Harman International (HAR) broke out of a three-weeks-tight pattern with a ... Subscribe to read article »

03/02/2015 06:38 PM ET - This year we expect the divergence in monetary policy among the world's central banks to be a key theme and a likely driver of asset flows. For now, the scorecard seems to be tilted toward monetary easing since in the first month of 2015 alone, 14 central banks engaged in some form of monetary ... More »

05:18 PM ET - A stock chart never lies. Sometimes, however, the chart will mumble. Catching the chart's drift can be difficult under those circumstances. That's why the investor needs every chart-reading ... More »

02:42 PM ET - Recently, Professor Jeremy Siegel and I sat down with Brown Brothers Harriman currency strategist Marc Chandler. Given the European Central Bank's (ECB) recent activities, most of the ... More »

03/02/2015 06:44 PM ET - The Medical-Outpatient/Home Care group outperformed Monday and has held a steady top 40 rank in recent weeks. The 12-stock group has six names with a Composite Rating of 90 or higher, led ... More »

03/02/2015 06:18 PM ET - Dividend stocks are known for providing steady income despite often-lackluster stock price performance. But Lockheed Martin (LMT) has broken the mold the past couple of years to give ... More »

When a stock breaks out in a hesitant fashion, there are only two explanations. Either fund managers don't think much of the stock or the market is turning breakouts into a hard pump of the brakes. Bl...

Stock mutual fund managers Andrew Acheson and Paul Cloonan have been kicking it into a higher gear at Pioneer Fundamental Growth Fund. The 16.61% average annual return of their $2.4 billion fund ranke...

Recently, Professor Jeremy Siegel and I sat down with Brown Brothers Harriman currency strategist Marc Chandler. Given the European Central Bank's (ECB) recent activities, most of the discussion cente...

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